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From scream queens to femmes fatale, horror isn’t just for the boys. Gothic media moguls Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence, authors of The Science of Monsters, and cohosts of the Horror Rewind podcast called “the best horror film podcast out there” by Film Daddy, present a guide to the feminist horror movies, TV shows, and characters we all know and love. Through interviews, film analysis, and bone-chilling discoveries, The Science of Women in Horror uncovers the theories behind women’s most iconic roles of the genre.

Vivian Wainwright is living her dream. The middle-aged widow owns the Misty Bay Tearoom, a quaint English-accented shop on the Oregon coast. But on the eve of the tearoom's second anniversary, the dream turns nightmarish when a man falls to his death from a hotel balcony. The body belongs to Dean Ramsey, ex-husband of Vivian's assistant, Jenna. Detective Tony Messina quickly zeroes in on Jenna as the prime suspect, since she was seen leaving the hotel shortly before the body was found.

A series of cataclysmic events are felt around the globe, and throughout the United States the last vestiges of society band together in rag-tag groups to face off against the ghastly horrors of their shattered world. Opposing them is the enigmatic Adam Sigil - a man seemingly able to inflict others with his own darkest fears - and his equally mysterious companion Jelnik. As the world slips into darkness, the survivors of the onslaught struggle with the new normal of their now-dystopian lives amid ongoing skirmishes with mankind’s nightmares.

Radical gender activists are using a pseudoscientific theory of human biology to hijack sports and subvert the long-established concept of fair play - forcing women and girls to risk their safety, pushing them aside for male athletes using the excuse of “inclusivity”.

From Stoic ethics to emotions, from Stoic mayors and mindfulness to practical philosophy, parenting, psychotherapy and prisons, from Star Trek and Socrates to Stoic lawyers, literature and living in general, this audiobook brings together a wide-ranging collection of reflections on living the Stoic life today. You'll listen advice on coping with adversity, reflections on happiness, and the good life and powerful personal testimonies of putting Stoicism into practise.

Breaking Through Your Own Glass Ceiling offers simple, proven prosperity practices to address power dynamics faced by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) and other underrepresented communities. You can begin today to identify and uproot unhealthy patterns and replace them with consistent thoughts and behaviors to embrace a full-hearted life - even in environments that do not support your well-being.

Scotland, summer 1556. Desperation drives Abby Gordon to seek refuge with Iain MacGregor and ask his help, but will he give her something more for her heart, instead? After escaping the clutches of wily Laird Glenorchy, Abby Gordon arrives at the MacGregor stronghold to take part in a chain of events that brings Iain to the brink of banishment and disaster to the clan.

If you feel lost and as if your life is spiraling out of control, don’t worry. These affirmations, with repetition, are scientifically structured to deeply embed them into your mind and allow you to open up to a whole new world of positive change and a new way of thinking.

Stoicism, the classical philosophy as a way of life practiced by the Greeks and Romans, continues to resonate in the modern world. With more than 40 essays and reflections, this book is simultaneously a guide to practicing Stoicism in your own life and to all the different aspects of the modern Stoic revival. You will learn about Stoic practical wisdom, virtue, how to relate wisely to others, and the nature of Stoic joy.

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has collected some of the most important and iconic speeches of all time and recorded them for this series.

My life growing up was difficult from time to time, as were so many others, but I was not supported, I felt, in school, so I wrote my stories, and I threw them away to save the embarrassment of being discovered. Through the years, I have met many people that do the same thing, or at least they used to. I was afraid to write; it wasn’t manly.

Whether you are an empath or just want to find out, this relatively short book is designed for you. The Empathic Gift is only meant to bring about good. Literally, be free of its negative side effects. Be free of feeling the discomfort of others in a physical way. You are being made aware of the suffering of souls for a purpose. Take pivotal shifts to determine if you are an Empath and expand your understanding of this wonderful receptivity. I will be sharing my secrets to do just that. You are a sensitive soul for a reason.

Maggie is a ginger-haired, 12-year-old orphan who has been passed from one foster family to the next all of her life. She never knows where she’ll end up, so she’s become suspicious and independent, scrappy and resourceful. As the story begins, Maggie is yet again placed into foster care - this time into a much more welcoming family.

This play is a fictionalized account of the life of William Shakespeare, beginning from his humble origins in Stratford-upon-Avon with his wife, Anne Hathaway, to his life as a successful playwright in London. This play uses several biographical speculations about Shakespeare's life to tell a fascinating tale, such as his relationship with his wife (to whom he famously left his "second-best bed" in his will), his friendship with fellow playwright and competitor Christopher Marlowe, his interactions with Queen Elizabeth I, and an extramarital dalliance with the queen's maid of honor.

Imagine that within the vast collective unconscious there is a receptacle, a bowl that holds all of the fears that humanity has accumulated over the centuries. Every single thing of which a human has ever been afraid. All collected, drip by drip through millennia. Imagine that this bowl has filled, that it must empty so it can reset itself. Now imagine that all fears, everything from the most commonly shared fears to the most deeply personal, are released onto the earth, all at the same time. The chaos, the apocalypse caused by this is The Fearing universe.

Kori Persephone Driscoe suffered through her dad's mental illness. All she wanted was for him to get better, but instead, he disappeared. Kori trespasses into the abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital, the last place her dad was treated, seeking solace and traces of his memory. What she finds instead is something no longer human living deep in the underground tunnels.

If Sam Winchester was the illustrated lady in a traveling sideshow in the 1900s, he'd be Hazel Finnegan. Hazel has a power, and with that power, a responsibility. She hunts down the things that go bump in the night, and once she kills them, traps them into her skin via magical tattoo transference. Then she can call upon the monsters she's vanquished to help her take out other baddies. But she might be in over her head this time.

Un pequeño ratoncito pintor llamado Grisaldo se sumerge en el mundo de los colores para conocer sus secretos y descubre un bello mundo de emociones y sensaciones, que lo llevan a reflexionar acerca de los colores y la vida. Aventuras ilustradas de la mano de Andrea Petrilk.

Vampires exist. Michael knows this because one attacked him when he was 21 years old. What Michael doesn’t know is who she was, how it happened, or why she did what she did. What little he does know about being a vampire, he learned the hard way. The self-taught way. He’s also alone. Michael knows that better than anything else. What Michael doesn’t know is that a chance encounter will drag him out of exile and thrust him into an adventure stranger than anything he could possibly imagine.

This book of poems is dedicated to my mother, who passed away on December 27, 2020, at six a.m.